ACR is part of ASAS portal. ASAS is the MoHE core portal, which contains 22 modules providing MoHE, and stakeholders (Internal & External) more than 300 electronic services in all business domains and covering all business areas and processes. One of these modules is ASAS Central Repository (ACR).

ACR is an end-to-end customized data integration solution designed by MoHE IT team. Integrates MoHE with internal (Inside Oman) entities such as Banks, public / private higher education institutions (HEIs) and governmental entities; and external (Outside Oman) entities such as Banks and Omani cultural attaché offices (CAs) worldwide.

The collected data by ACR resides in a central data repository at MoHE data center for business intelligence, data analytics, and statistics purpose. The collected and processed data is a key success factor in Oman E-census 2020 project (by providing either row data or ready statistics).

Ministry of Higher Education is the first and only organization in the Middle East applies a dynamic data integration solution collecting and distributing data electronically from multiple sources, different types of database engines, electronic sheets (ex; Oracle, MS-Access, SQL Server, Excel Sheets, etc..) and based on different methodologies of network connectivity (Ex: MPLS, VPN, WEB Services)

http://www.mohe.gov.om/ACR

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While ACR based on real-time data transferred by HEIs, CAs, and other organizations. Data will continue flow every day. MoHE has a sustaining plan, by (but not limited to):

1. Making a continuous improvement to the system.
2. Giving a professional support by ACR support team.
3. Developing and increasing the IT infrastructure capabilities.
4. Publishing regular announcements and technical documents.
5. Conduct a regular workshops and focus groups for both MoHE development team and end users
6. Regularly check data logic and correctness
7. Disaster recovery site and backup solutions

Since the launching of WSIS Targets in 2003, Oman was the first country in the Region to update the WSIS STOCK TAKING DATABASED. The WSIS Targets are very much integrated in Oman’s ICT Strategy which in turn has promoted the WSIS Values in the community. All WSIS action lines ( C1-C11) are very valuable and are taken into consideration when creating Citizen Centric services e.g. in two core sectors Health – ( Mother & Child) and Education among others these two sectors have won WSIS Awards. All Public Sector/ commutes are aware of WSIS Prizes and Oman has won many WSIS Awards since the launching in 2012.